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Norma Writes for Selvedge Latin Issue
Why We Left, Expat Anthology: Norma’s Personal Essay
Norma Contributes Two Chapters!
- Norma Schafer and Oaxaca Cultural Navigator LLC has offered programs in Mexico since 2006. We have over 30 years of university program development experience. See my resume.
Study Tours + Study Abroad are personally curated and introduce you to Mexico's greatest artisans. They are off-the-beaten path, internationally recognized. We give you access to where people live and work. Yes, it is safe and secure to travel. Groups are limited in size for the most personal experience.
Programs can be scheduled to meet your travel plans. Send us your available dates.
Designers, retailers, wholesalers, universities and other organizations come to us to develop customized itineraries, study abroad programs, meetings and conferences. It's our pleasure to make arrangements.
Our Clients Include *Penland School of Crafts *North Carolina State University *WARP Weave a Real Peace *Methodist University
Tell us how we can put a program together for you! Send an email norma.schafer@icloud.com
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Here and There in Oaxaca: How to Contact Me
Being based in the village of Teotitlan del Valle is wonderful and it has its technology challenges — mostly that my iPhone AT&T/Telcel cell phone service is not reliable. Sometimes I have to go on the roof. Sometimes the phone will ring and I will answer it and no one is there. Nunca. Nada. There is voicemail but I am unable to get access to it. Es lo es que es. As my husband says, It is what it is.
I do have connection to WiFi and 3G — which is always reliable!
So, if you are trying to reach me to discuss whether you wish to attend a workshop or retreat and you want to ask questions, it’s best that you contact me by email:
oaxacaculture@me.com
We can then set up a time that’s good for both of us to connect via Skype. My Skype name is oaxacaculture. It would be best to start with the email, ask me the questions you have there, and then I can prepare for a scheduled phone call with you by talking with the workshop instructor first if necessary.
Many thanks for your understanding. Such is life in Mexico, terrific as it is! Saludos,
Norma Hawthorne, Oaxaca Cultural Navigator LLC
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